Gibson Girl
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable.
- A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations.
词形变化
词源
Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s.
(radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.
(radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.
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